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which they perform the feveral Stations, 'Sittings and Proftra- 

 tions that are enjoyned in their Rehgion. Near the Middle, 

 particularly of the principal Mojque of each City, there is a 

 large Pulpit ereded, which is balluftraded round, with about 

 half a dozen Steps leading up to it. Upon thefe (for I am told 

 none are permitted to enter the Pulpit) the Mufti or one of 

 the Im-ams placeth himfelf every Friday, The (^*=-^Ίν) Day 

 of the Congregation, as they call it, and from thence either ex- 

 plaineth fome Part or other of the Coran, or elfe exhorteth 

 the People to Piety and good Works. That End of thefe 

 Mofques,v^\i\ch. regards Mecca, whither they direct themfelves 

 throughout the whole Courfe of their Devotions, is called the 

 Kihlah \ in which there is commonly a Nich, reprefenting, 

 as a judicious Writer ^ conjeolures, the Prefence, and, at the 

 fame Time, the Invifibility of the Deity. There is ufually a 

 fquare Tower ereded at the other End, with a Flag- Staff upon 

 the Top of it. Hither the Cryer afcends at the appointed 

 Times , and, difplaying a fmall Flag, advertifeth the People, 

 with a loud Voice, from each Side of the Battlements, of the 

 Hour of Prayer. Thefe Places of the Mahometan Worihip, 

 together with the Mufti, Im-ams^ and other Perfons belonging 

 to them, are maintained out of certain Revenues ^ arifing from 

 the Rents of Lands and Houfes, either left by Will or fet apart 

 by the Publick for that Ufe. 

 How they con- Whcn anyPcrfon is to be buried, it is ufual to bring the Corpfe, 

 Funerals! at the Mid-day or Afternoon Prayers, to one or other of thefe 

 Mojques, from whence it is accompanied, by the greateft Part 

 of the Congregation, to the Grave. Their Proceifions, at thefe 

 Times, are not fo flow and folemn as in moft Parts of Chriften- 

 dom ; for the whole Company make what Hafte they can, 

 iinging, as they go along, fome feleol Verfes of their Cor an. 

 That abfolute Submilfion which they pay to the Will of God, 

 allows them not to ufe any confolatory Words upon thefe Oc- 

 cafions : no Lofs or Misfortune is to be hereupon regretted or 



I i. e. The Church or Place where the People meet together, fo called from c.4.s>. collegit, 

 congregavit &c. Wlien there are feveral Mofques in one City, the Lirgcfl is calledthe Jimmah, 

 and, fomet'tmes. El Jimmah Kibeerah, the Great or Mother Church, in which their Publick^De- 

 rot'iotts, &c. are ufually performed on Fridays. 2 From J^a» e regione ofipofitus fuk &c. Vid. 

 Go/. & Not. p. 32. 3 Y'ld. Maundrell's ]ouri\.tojferufaleni. p.ij- 4 f«l-<), i-?«i?w, £'«•λ»7, 

 or Im-am Prsefes, AntecelTor, quern alij feitantur ac imitantur : peculiariter qui prxit populo 

 facrosritus & facrorum antiftcs. Vid. Gol. in voce. 5 Thefe they call [o'^Ua.] Hab-oufe, 

 i.e. Things fet apart for pious ufes. 



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